A sea change in international development

A few years ago, I could not have imagined myself ever considering the World Bank a shining light on what needs to happen in international development. But today’s TED talk by Sanjay Pradhan, vice president of the World Bank Institute, is such a shining example.

We come to this crossroads from very different directions, but in choosing where to go next, I find myself more and more in the company of organisations I never thought would go “my way”, while some of the more radically progressive friends from the past are hesitating.

Do they still want to be the antagonist? Am I changing? With other progressive friends going the same way, keeping a close eye on our core principles and values, it feels like the former. And it really looks like some big ships are taking sharp turns into “our” direction.

Sanjay Pradhan How open data is changing international aid (Oct 30, 2012)